Lesley Wilson, Michael Fox

Counselling Older People with Alcohol Problems (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Alcohol misuse is becoming an increasingly significant issue for people aged 55 and over, and providing effective counselling services to this growing client group requires a unique and specialised approach. This practical guide explores the factors that differentiate older drinkers, and introduces an innovative person-centred model that will help counsellors and other healthcare professionals to give older people with alcohol problems the help and support they need.

Older people with alcohol problems often have complex personal histories, and are particularly vulnerable to long-term dependency, social isolation and self-medication. This book explores the influences, patterns and triggers that affect the development and progression of alcohol dependency in this age group, and provides a detailed description of a theoretical model and therapeutic process that has proved successful in practice. Informative case studies demonstrate the approach in action and guidance is also given for working with clients with dementia or mental health problems.

This book will prove an invaluable resource for counsellors and other healthcare professionals who encounter alcohol problems in their clinical practice, including clinical psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists and community psychiatric nurses.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857003195
• Artikelnr.: 38239634

Autorenporträt

Mike Fox currently works as a counsellor and clinical supervisor at University College London Hospital. He previously managed a specialist service for older people with alcohol problem in North London, and was Lead Clinician for Dementia at another counselling service in the same area. Lesley Wilson is currently a lecturer in occupational therapy. Prior to this she was a practising occupational therapist and has many years' experience of working with older people, both in the NHS and in the community

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Preface. Part I: A Guide to Understanding the
Client Group and an Outline of the Theoretical Model. 1. What Distinguishes
This Client Group? 2. Where to Begin? Alcohol and Identity: Am I an
'Alcoholic'? 3. Reasons for Drinking: Alcohol and Paradox. 4. A
Non-directive Approach: Abstinence or Moderation? Part II: The Therapeutic
Process: A Linear Description. 5. First Session/Assessment. 6. Working with
Types and Patterns of Drinking. 7. Addressing the Problem: Alcohol and the
Hierarchy of Needs. 8. Detoxification (Detox). 9. After the Drinking
Ceases/Working with Relapse. 10. Endings. 11. Self Care and the Therapist.
Part III: Working with Complex Needs/Dual Diagnosis. 12. Dementia and
Alcohol. 13. Depression and Alcohol. 14. Bipolar Disorder and Alcohol.
Appendix: Exercises. References. Index.